No need to wonder who's in charge. Israel is Washington’s most favoured client state, but it *has* to operate within parameters laid down by the US.

At the same time, Israel influences "those parameters in its own interests, chiefly by shaping military, political & cultural discourse in the US through the many levers available to it."

Just ask whose particular interests are prevailing at any one time.

jonathan-cook.net/blog/2026-03…

#USPol #EUPol #IranWar #IsraelLobby #USImperialism #news .

The wonderful Jeffrey Sachs leaves nobody in doubt about the absolute hypocrisy and complicity of western governments who condemned #Iran for defending its country against the illegal attack by #USA and #Israel.

“Even George Orwell could not make this up.”

He also points out that any nation with #US bases on its soil are not sovereign countries.

#USPol #UkPol #CdnPol #CdniPol #EUPol #AusPol #NZPol

youtube.com/shorts/O8E47Ib_RoU

Viktor Orbán has turned Hungary into a Trojan horse inside the European Union. And the problem is - our current rules allow this to keep happening 🤯

Orbán’s foreign minister was calling Moscow during breaks in EU meetings to give his Russian counterpart “live updates” on what we were discussing.

Think about that for a second.

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#Orban #Hungary #Uktraine #Russia #Putin #EUpol #Volt

I mean this is to he surprise of absolutely nobody, surely? It's been obvious for years and the EU should long ago have worked out how to eject members.

mstdn.social/@VoltEuropa/11627…
@VoltEuropa - Viktor Orbán has turned Hungary into a Trojan horse inside the European Union. And the problem is - our current rules allow this to keep happening 🤯

Orbán’s foreign minister was calling Moscow during breaks in EU meetings to give his Russian counterpart “live updates” on what we were discussing.

Think about that for a second.

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#Orban #Hungary #Uktraine #Russia #Putin #EUpol #Volt

Volt Europa (@VoltEuropa@mstdn.social)

Attached: 1 image Viktor Orbán has turned Hungary into a Trojan horse inside the European Union. And the problem is - our current rules allow this to keep happening 🤯 Orbán’s foreign minister was calling Moscow during breaks in EU meetings to give …

^{Volt Europa (Mastodon 🐘)}

Another normal day in #TrumpWorld - NATO countries defending themselves from American attack...

#JD20260320 #JDLinkBlog
full JDLinkBlog thread: todon.eu/@jd/11626060454127787…

'...Danish soldiers flown to Greenland in January were prepared to blow up key airport runways over fears that US President Donald Trump could invade the Arctic island, Denmark's public broadcaster DR says.

Citing sources in the Danish government and military, and also among European allies, DR says blood supplies were also brought in to treat the wounded in the event of fighting.

[...] A high-ranking Danish security source told DR that "when Trump keeps saying he wants to take over Greenland, and then what happened in Venezuela happened, we had to take all scenarios seriously."...'

Article: bbc.com/news/articles/c33ln4mp…
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#Iran #USA #Israel #EndlessWar #IranWar
#UKpol #USpol #EUpol #Palestine all for #Israel #Greenland #Denmark #NATO #Venezuela

#Epstein #EpsteinWars

Denmark planned to blow up Greenland runways if US invaded, reports say

Denmark's public broadcaster reports that the US operation to seize Venezuela's leader sparked fears it would act against Greenland.

^{Jaroslav Lukiv (BBC News)}

New report says UK was an 'active participant' in Israeli war crimes.

The Gaza Tribunal report concludes that Britain has:

"failed in its fundamental obligation to prevent genocide;

"been complicit in atrocity crimes;

" in some instances even been an active participant in these crimes".

"The Gaza Tribunal took evidence from eyewitnesses, UN rapporteurs, journalists, medics and academics."

middleeasteye.net/news/uk-was-…

#UKPol #USPol #EUPol #GazaGenocide #palestine #GazaTribunal .

UK was an 'active participant' in Israeli war crimes, Corbyn tribunal finds

Britain was an active participant in some Israeli war crimes in Gaza, a tribunal chaired by Your Party leader Jeremy Corbyn and two international law specialists has found.

^{Imran Mulla (Middle East Eye)}

"Gaza is only the start."

"The new world order is one where the weak are obliterated by the strong, the rule of law does not exist, genocide is an instrument of control & barbarism is triumphant".

"There are no rules for the strong, only for the weak. Oppose the strong, refuse to bow to its capricious demands & you are showered with missiles & bombs."

Source: Chris Hedges Report 15 Mar

#USPol #EUPol #IranWar #facism #gaza #racism .

'If the Taliban survived 20 years of U.S. pressure these people are determined enough to survive too.'

#JD20260315 #JDLinkBlog
full JDLinkBlog thread: todon.eu/@jd/11623236028880906…

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Tweeter: x.com/HornAnarchists

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#Iran #USA #Israel #EndlessWar
#USpol #Palestine #EUpol all for #Israel

#Epstein #EpsteinWars

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Attached: 1 image 'If the Taliban survived 20 years of U.S. pressure these people are determined enough to survive too.' #JD20260315 #JDLinkBlog full JDLinkBlog thread: https://todon.eu/@jd/116232360288809063 tweet source: https://x.

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Rights groups have slammed Pete Hegseth for saying that “no quarter” will be shown to Iran.

"No quarter" includes executing people who've surrendered.

The mere announcement from a govt official can be a war crime.

Such threats are illegal under the Hague Convention & US domestic laws & military manuals.

Hegseth has publicly claimed he would not abide by “stupid rules of engagement”

aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/14/a…

Hegseth is military trained & he's no fool:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Heg…

#USPol #EUPol .

Analysts say US threat of ‘no quarter’ for Iran violates international law

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said there would be ‘no quarter, no mercy’ as US continues to pummel Iran.

^{Brian Osgood (Al Jazeera)}

Welcome to the world of Alex Karp, one of the leaders of the new wave of techno-militarists in Silicon Valley:

"If they are not scared, they don’t wake up scared, they don’t go to bed scared, they don’t fear that the wrath of America will come down on them, they will attack us. They will attack us everywhere.”

~Alex Karp, CEO Palantir

juancole.com/2026/03/unhinged-…

The solution? Buy more Palantir

#USPol #EUPol #Palantir #BIGTech #USWarmongering #Racism .

A Clique of Unhinged Techno-Optimists Is Putting Humanity at Risk

Karp loves verbal combat as much as he likes running a firm that makes high-tech weaponry

^{Tomdispatch (Informed Comment)}

Report: Millions of Israelis are spending sleepless nights in bomb shelters.

Israel’s radar systems have reportedly been jeopardised, making "it difficult to know when a missile has been launched from Iran."

In addition, "Hezbollah has developed a new long-range missile", one of which fell in Beit Shemesh near Jerusalem, "provoking anxiety among the Israeli public."

aje.news/apjw94?update=4387675

Not as many sleepless nights & anxiety as Palestinians have had & still are.

#USPol #EUPol #IranWar .

Iran war live: Tehran says US, Israel have hit nearly 10,000 civilian sites

Iran accuses the US and Israel of targeting civilians, saying more than 1,300 have been killed across the country.

^{Tim Hume (Al Jazeera)}

"They want our oil, to Balkanise Iran. But they’re failing miserably"

"Washington’s strategy echoes older imperial policies... They want to rule the Persian Gulf like the British did in the 19th C."

Trump "wants to take out the oil-rich southern part of Iran, disintegrate Iran... create a new state in southern Iran & use it to control oil resources while increasing pressure on China & expanding Israeli influence in the region."

~Foad Izadi

aje.news/apjw94?update=4387638

#USPol #EUPol #IranWar .

Iran war live: Tehran says US, Israel have hit nearly 10,000 civilian sites

Iran accuses the US and Israel of targeting civilians, saying more than 1,300 have been killed across the country.

^{Tim Hume (Al Jazeera)}

Interview: "Trump & Hegseth & Rubio have completely misjudged the nature of this war".

And "the lies that the American mainstream media..are telling the American people.. are putting us in jeopardy in a real substantive sense"...

"because the American people have no way of judging just how foolhardy, how stupid, how unwise, how violative of international dictum & rule this war is."

~Ret Col Lawrence Wilkerson

democracynow.org/2026/3/10/law…

#USPol #EUPol #IranWar #News #USMediaLies #USImperialism .

Ret. Col. Lawrence Wilkerson: Netanyahu Could Turn to Nuclear Bombs If Iran War Escalates

As President Trump gives conflicting statements about the length and objectives of the war he launched with Israel against Iran, fears are growing that the conflict could continue to expand throughout the region and beyond.

^{Democracy Now!}

So let me get this straight, after launching another war in the middle east with absolutely no plan, to counter a threat that doesn't exist, the US is now strengthening the only country who actually does pose a threat, undermining European security.

Absolutely shambolic, these people are not our allies.

theguardian.com/business/2026/…

#USpol #EUpol #Ukraine #Russia #Iran

US considers lifting more sanctions on Russian oil as Iran conflict sees global prices surge

Washington says new measures not aimed at easing restrictions on Moscow and only affect supplies already in transit

^{Guardian staff reporter (The Guardian)}

Report: US investigators say the US military probably carried out the double-tap strike that killed 165, mostly young girls, at an Iranian elementary school.

A "double-tap strike" kills one group, then waits for medics & other civilians to arrive in order to kill them as well.

middleeasteye.net/news/us-inve…

#USWarCrimes #USPol #EUPol #IranWar #IranSchoolAttack #news .

US investigators 'say American strike most likely responsible' for Iranian school massacre

US investigators probing an attack on a school in Iran that killed 165 people believe it is most likely that the United States military was responsible for the strike.

^{Alex MacDonald (Middle East Eye)}

Interview: "ChatGPT isn't made to speak the truth". "It's designed to tell you the most plausible thing given its training data. Sometimes that will coincide with the truth, but very often it won't."

"Not only does it get things wrong, it gets things wrong in very plausible ways."

These models compress large amounts of data into the neural network. But that compression process can't be perfect.

~Mike Wooldridge

youtube.com/playlist?list=PL65…

#USPol #EUPol #AI #NeuralNetworks #ChatGPT .

The Naked Scientists Podcast

The Naked Scientists flagship science show brings you a lighthearted look at the latest scientific breakthroughs, interviews with the world's top scientists,...

^YouTube

Report: US investigators say the US military probably carried out the double-tap strike that killed 165, mostly young girls, at an Iranian elementary school.

A "double-tap strike" kills one group, then waits for medics & other civilians to arrive in order to kill them as well.

middleeasteye.net/news/us-inve…

#USWarCrimes #USPol #EUPol #IranWar #IranSchoolAttack #news .

US investigators 'say American strike most likely responsible' for Iranian school massacre

US investigators probing an attack on a school in Iran that killed 165 people believe it is most likely that the United States military was responsible for the strike.

^{Alex MacDonald (Middle East Eye)}

Interview: A War for Oil: US Quest to Control the World’s Oil Trade

"Trump opted to attack Iran despite progress at indirect US-Iran negotiations."

The reason "has nothing to do with its getting an atom bomb". The reason is US control of oil.

"The Trump administration may've been after the ability to turn off the power to countries that don’t follow US foreign policy".

~Michael Hudson

democracynow.org/2026/3/3/mich…

#USPol #EUPol #Iran #USImperialism #IranianOil #news #press .

A War for Oil: Economist Michael Hudson on U.S. Quest to Control the World’s Oil Trade

We speak with economist Michael Hudson, who details how President Trump opted to attack Iran despite progress at indirect U.S.-Iran negotiations.

^{Democracy Now!}

Analysis: The US-Israeli Attack on Iran Was to Prevent Peace Not Advance It

Agreement was in reach, said the mediator, that "Iran will never, ever have a nuclear material that will create a bomb."

However, Trump was still claiming that the Iranians were refusing such a deal....

counterpunch.org/2026/03/02/th…

Interview:
democracynow.org/2026/3/3/mich…

#USPol #EUPol #Iran #israeliUSCrimes #USImperialism #IranNuclearProgram .

Why conservative thinkers do what they do

Conservative thinkers' often-hostile approach to difference stems from fear.

The brain structure of conservative thinkers sees threat in what are actually neutral situations.

They also tend not to understand complex ideas, & feeings of confusion often spark anger.

Education can help.

Note that some leftists are conservative thinkers (maybe why left revolutions often turn sour).

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/282646…

#Conservatives #Racism #USPol #EUPol .